I know, I know. I'm an SKT fan, why would I go to a KT fanmeet? DUH. TO SPY ON THEM, OF COURSE.
jkjk. Truthfully, Flash & Hoejja are two of my favorite players, and who doesn't love Reach? I just had to go seem them
Fanmeet was at the OGN esports stadium. The info said first come, first serve, so I got there really early. Turns out you had to sign up online, which I didn't know about. One of the girls working there was extremely kind, and slipped me into the line anyway. I laughed every time someone asked me my favorite team and player and I had to lie, "KT and Flash."
Activities:
1) They allowed questions from the audience (both fans and press). I couldn't understand everything, but one fan asked Flash about his wrist, another asked who the "practice bonjwa" was (apparently it's Hoejja), and the last one said something that sounded like "Stats, your nose seems almost as big as Bisu's now." stop making fun of Bisu T__T
2) Dinner with the players. Each player drew a number for which table they would go to eat with. I was really really hoping for Flash, but table 10 got him (damn youuu). Barracks was at my table. I felt awful because I'm insanely shy and terrible at speaking Korean, so I didn't say much to him, and it was a little awkward. He did reveal that KT's first match would be against Airforce ACE, and that the season would start on the 26th.
3) Table bingo. Our table was the first to win, and we got 20,000 won gift cards. The second table to win all got signed mousepads and t-shirts. How is that fair??? /cryingforever
4) Exhibition matches. First one was Reach vs. Flash. Do I dare say I'm the first person on TL to witness Flash playing a BW game after his surgery? Anyway, he was brilliant as always; lots of great dropship play. The highlight (and end of the game) was when Reach sent his arbiter into Flash's main, which was COVERED with mines, recalled his entire army there (even though all the fans were screaming at him not to), and it instantly exploded in a huge pile of blue goo. Here's a video of the moment:
Second game was between the former Chin brothers, Stats and Mind. Stats won with some gosu carrier play.
The whole time, they called a little Korean boy from the audience to help commentate, and geez, I swear this kid is going to be working at OGN 10 years from now. He was just so knowledgeable and enthusiastic, and cute too. It's nice to see the young generation (like, kids that are younger than BW itself) still getting into the game.
Lastly, we took a group photo. I'm on the bottom right, next to Hoejja ^^
I thought they were going to provide time at the end to talk/take pictures/get autographs from the players, but they didn't... So I didn't get a chance to get Kangmin or Reach's signatures T-T
Pictures! (sorry, I wish I had a better camera)
The fanboards. The one on the left, you post things that you'd like to see for this coming season. Almost half of them were things like "I want to see the players do more ceremonies!" hehe. The one on the right is where you put a sticker next to the exhibition match you want to see.
KT's winner trophies and old uniforms.
Lots of cheerfuls for Violet. Hope he gets better and can join the team for the next fanmeet.
ㅋㅋㅋ my two favorites <3
Barracks holding the bingo-winner board.
Stats picking out the season wish that he liked the most. The girl who wrote it got a signed shirt T_T
Reach vs. Flash game!
Flash is such a cutie.
Picture with Barracks. I'm sorry I was such an awkward turtle all night ;_;
Man, who makes these shoes? First SKT with the radioactive candy shoes, now KT with the crazy neon ones.
The only two autographs I had time to get... Oh well. lol, Flash had a really hard time writing my name.
So this night has made me love the boys that much more. KT has just propelled itself all the way up to... my 3rd favorite team. Which means that I'll definitely attend their games and cheer for them, as long as it's not against SKT or Khan. KT fighting~
...Not only did you see flash in real life, you actually got to say hi to him and take a photo with him? Yet again, I must reply to one of your blogs with:
Ahhh so that explains why kiett is so shy ^^ you are a girl !!!!!!! , besides that I thank you from my bottom of my heart for all the pictures and info . I wish your korean will improve much better these year !!!! KIETT Fighting <3
On November 16 2011 23:50 zeehar wrote: i wish i could have gone.... WORK
good to see you had a great time.
You work at 7PM? Geez @__@
On November 17 2011 00:02 cklrkzk wrote: HoeJJa is so handsome(no homo).
stats and Wooki has almost same looking :O.
Kiett,who is most handsome KT.Rolster player? You meet with all KT players person to person...
Hoejja and Reach, definitely. I don't know if I can choose between them though. Hoejja is so cute, but Reach is so manly.
On November 17 2011 00:04 Sawamura wrote: Ahhh so that explains why kiett is so shy ^^ you are a girl !!!!!!! , besides that I thank you from my bottom of my heart for all the pictures and info . I wish your korean will improve much better these year !!!! KIETT Fighting <3
Oh no, I'm not shy because I'm a girl. I'm shy because I don't speak the language well and I don't want to sound stupid if I say something wrong. I hope I'll improve too ㅠ_ㅠ
On November 17 2011 00:41 FractalsOnFire wrote: You're kinda cute =P
And i would be so jelly... If i was a KT fan. Love that video though, all that blue goo.
Now goto an SKT fan meet!
Am not :<
Man... you have no idea how much I want to. Every time I see the pictures of the SKT fanmeet at the restaurant earlier this year, I cant help but go, "whyyyy couldn't you have held this just a few months later?" I'd give anything to eat pasta made by Bisu, even if it tasted bad. Hopefully SKT will hold a fanmeet within the next month ;~;
I'm sooooo jealous with you because you get go to KT fanmeeting and meet Flash and HoeJJa ( my favorites too). HoeJJa will forever handsome and Flash sooo cute. I wish if I can go too.
and thank you so much because sharing it with of us including the pictures
Thank you for this amazing blog. I am insanely jealous of you!
It's also great to see that Flash is performing well after his surgery. No doubt it's testament to how seriously he's been taking his rehabilitation. A lot of people predicted he would have a slow start this season, but think he will be proving them wrong!
On November 17 2011 00:50 RunningInSquares wrote: How does one find out about these things or do I have to be in a fanclub over here to attend?
And I'm super jelly, looks like you had an awesome time.
The two big esports news sites, fomos and DES, will usually mention if some event is going on. If you want, I can give you a heads up if something comes up. If you look for yourself though, recognize these words: 팬미팅 (fan meeting), 팬사인회 (fansign). Ever since I stupidly missed the SKT-Oz fansign back in August (T__T), I've been checking kind of obsessively.
I don't know if you need to be in the fanclub. I don't think I was even supposed to be let in today. It's just the girl was really nice and she saw I had been waiting for hours, so she let me participate even though I wasn't on the list.
On November 17 2011 00:41 FractalsOnFire wrote: You're kinda cute =P
And i would be so jelly... If i was a KT fan. Love that video though, all that blue goo.
Now goto an SKT fan meet!
Am not :<
Man... you have no idea how much I want to. Every time I see the pictures of the SKT fanmeet at the restaurant earlier this year, I cant help but go, "whyyyy couldn't you have held this just a few months later?" I'd give anything to eat pasta made by Bisu, even if it tasted bad. Hopefully SKT will hold a fanmeet within the next month ;~;
Au contraire madam, thine cute cheeks radiate brightly in mine eyes.
My thoughts exactly, I would give my first born child to eat pasta by Bisu.
On November 17 2011 03:24 Galtakar wrote: WAS THIS WHY YOU MESSAGED ME IF I WAS BUSY??!?!?!
FUCKING UYDGWAADWIADHOAWHDIUawHDIUAWD
FUCK having a god damn meeting with a language exchange partner when this was going down...
Yeah. I messaged you at like, 3pm, but you never replied, so I just went :<
I am so fucking mad
My sleeping pattern has been fucked up for days now so I've been sleeping during the day. That's why I didn't answer... aushdygwdaydawo. And then I had a meeting in the evening...
On November 17 2011 00:50 RunningInSquares wrote: How does one find out about these things or do I have to be in a fanclub over here to attend?
And I'm super jelly, looks like you had an awesome time.
The two big esports news sites, fomos and DES, will usually mention if some event is going on. If you want, I can give you a heads up if something comes up. If you look for yourself though, recognize these words: 팬미팅 (fan meeting), 팬사인회 (fansign). Ever since I stupidly missed the SKT-Oz fansign back in August (T__T), I've been checking kind of obsessively.
I don't know if you need to be in the fanclub. I don't think I was even supposed to be let in today. It's just the girl was really nice and she saw I had been waiting for hours, so she let me participate even though I wasn't on the list.
Thanks for those links! I'm so stupid X__X I totally recognize you from the gom studio that day. Sent you a pm in case you want to hit up future BW events!
Your blog is fun to read and you seem like you enjoyed it a lot, despite the language barrier. Thanks for sharing it with the rest of us lame dudes here on TL. : D
It's nice to see they're still doing good fanmeetings. I used to go to most of the KT/SKT matches because they were always so co-operative when it came to giving me photo shoots/doing projects and their fan meets were usually the most interesting and structured. I'm glad to see you're having fun enjoying them like I used to :D
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